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UNDP convenes municipalities in Podgorica to explore AI for urban transformation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping how cities deliver services, manage infrastructure, and make decisions. For many municipalities across Europe and Central Asia, the challenge is not simply adopting AI, but understanding where it genuinely fits their institutional context, what it demands in terms of readiness, and how to engage with it […]
UNDP launches CEF x AI programme for municipalities across Europe and Central Asia
Artificial intelligence (AI) is opening new possibilities for how cities deliver services, make decisions, and manage complex systems. For municipalities, the question is no longer whether AI […]
New report introduces the Twin Transition Stencil for cities navigating green and digital transformations
UNDP’s City Experiment Fund has released the Twin Transition Stencil Report, presenting a structured framework that was designed to support cities in designing and managing integrated green and digital transformation […]
Listening to Cities: Insights from the 2025 City Experiment Fund Cohort
How do cities understand the needs of their citizens – and turn those insights into meaningful action? As part of the 2025 cycle of the City […]
UNDP Europe and Central Asia Launches City Imaginarium to Reimagine Urban Futures
On World Cities Day 2025, UNDP in Europe and Central Asia launches the City Imaginarium — a regional creative campaign that invites artists and communities […]
How cities are engaging with residents to imagine the cities of tomorrow
Local governments are at the forefront of change and opportunity – whether that is tackling climate change, addressing inequality, or attracting and retaining talent. Yet, […]
Toolkits to navigate complexity: How to provide holistic solutions to environmental challenges
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in an increasingly evolving, interconnected, and uncertain world requires the ability to navigate complexity. In ecosystems where different actors operate […]
Urban Talks: How Can Cities Thrive in Uncertainty
As different aspects of UNDP’s work on urban transformation in Europe and Central Asia come together, we’re embarking on a series of high level discussions […]
Cleaning the Air and Improving People’s Health in Almaty
What needs to be done to create a prosperous future for people and planet, a future to be realized through the UN 2030 Agenda for […]
Can urban waste management be reimagined? The journey of Călărași, Moldova
The Călărași town calmly lies along the banks of the river Bic in the region of the miraculous Moldovan hills of Codru. But not everything […]
Urban Future Talks: A glimpse into the future of Eastern Partnership cities
When thinking about the future, we often ask who gets to speak for it. But instead, we decided to ask ourselves a different question: who […]
TvojCO2 | A new UNDP digital tool that’s bringing forests back to life
Our world is changing fast – often faster than societies can adapt. The seemingly imperceptible changes to our climate, brought on by the burning of […]
UNDP and CPI partner to launch new Urban Imaginaries programme in Eastern Partnership countries
Supporting cities to take a more complexity-informed approach to urban challenges. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Centre for Public Impact (CPI) have […]
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